The Fascinating History of Rust

The history of the Rust language.

💬 Topics:
- Rust's Origin and Founders;
- Design Philosophy;
- Adoption and Success;
- Features and Controversies;
- Modern Role and Future;
- Legacy and Impact.

[gljames]

Honestly, Cargo is probably why I love rust. Python, C, etc makes me want to pull my hair out sometimes, but cargo lets everything just work.

[morjor-]

i like rust a lot. the type system is such a joy. however it can also be complex, but i think for the right project it can be worth it.

[CoolestPossibleName]

The rust fungus is resilient, has the ability to spread rapidly and it harms or even kills the proje- I mean plant. Truly a fitting name for this programming language.

This is a joke

[JohnSmith-gugl]

What people do not understand is even if Rust is higher level, you need to know lower level, to understand what it abstracts.
So if you want to learn and master Rust, learn C and Assembly first and all the security problems. After that you will understand why Rust is safe and what it abstracts away from you!

[ulrich-tonmoy]

the only thing rust missing directly calling c/c++ header in rust
i used rust only with tauri

[ashleyfreebush]

Echo is a great extension. Nice to see them here

[alinghinea]

Rust has lost more features that many languages had in the first place ☠

[davidnguyen]

Wow, what a well researched video. Could you also cover more videos on Golang?

[nkeln]

Thank you for the video - it was quite interesting to discover the timeline of Rust)

Are there any plans to check out Odin language?
I would love to see it, as I’m currently considering it to be a personal alternative to Rust

With respect,
Mykola

[galaxyraoul]

I used to be a fan of rust until my friend recommended echo to me ... great platform and UI design is awesome

[YunaOmura]

EchoAPI is incredibly convenient for API testing!

[EduardKaresli]

Rust is better than C++ in many aspects. I can't learn Rust quickly enough (tired after my day job).

[AlexanderSmith-xi]

I'm currently using the EchoAPI extension, and I love it!

[LowestofheDead]

No-ones talks about this, but Rust has an ideology behind it which informs its design; that the developer _should_ be trained to think and program in a certain way. Whether you agree or disagree with it, it's undeniable that it affects how the language and tools are designed.

For example, even the biggest fans admit that the learning curve is "traumatic". The language fights you if you want to build a basic, sloppy first-draft to explore a problem (honestly the best method is to draft in another language and immediately RIIR). There's an extreme focus on explicit verbosity over sensible defaults. It's sad that Zig out-competes in all of these when Rust is better overall, and Zig's reflection is so much simpler.

This turns away a lot of newcomers and the community becomes so self-selected that we're not even aware _why_ people wouldn't want this. We assume it's a skill issue and feel pride, which gives us the forums a certain character.

Again it doesn't matter if the ideology is right or wrong, but I think this is why Rust's adoption has been so slow for such a great language. But everything has pros and cons so it's a balance.

[alcarsharif]

I really like the compiler. Everything else is hot garbage.
Zig is much more interesting and even more decent designed.

[anon_y_mousse]

Rust is a fungus indeed. It spreads like one, and it kills its host like one. The more I use it, the more I hate it.

[RafaelMilewski]

Learning Rust now is like buying Bitcoin in 2009. — Rafael Milewski

[albizutoday]

The fake hegemony is like the woke movement based on nothing! Everybody wants to do it?

What a surprise!

Let’s see what Mr Musk thinks about it!

[ShinSpiegel]

Unpopullar opinion, Rust on Linux kernel was a mistake. I can see a better outcome from Zig, but Rust feels like a bad choice.

[dranono]

I don't want to be a maintainer of a software written in Rust in 20 years, what a nightmare